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1.7.1 Structure and plate motion — Edexcel Geography B 1GB0 | GradeGen.AI
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Hazardous Earth
Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
Structure and plate motion
Structure and plate motion
Edexcel GCSE Geography B (1GB0) — Hazardous Earth
What You Need to Know
Describe Earth’s layered structure, including the asthenosphere, in terms of temperature, density, composition, and physical state.
Interpret a cross-section of the Earth.
Explain how the core’s internal heat source generates convection currents.
Analyze how convection currents serve as the key foundation for plate motion.
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